单词 | splodge |
释义 | splodgen. A thick, heavy, or clumsy splotch. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > stained condition > stain > blotch splotch1601 botch1699 blotch1768 splodge1854 blodge1930 1854 Househ. Words IX. 74/1 She was a dollop of dripping, a splodge of grease. 1862 G. A. Sala Accepted Addr. 275 The monstrous splodges of colour the marvellous man sent of late years to the..exhibitions. 1880 L. Parr Adam & Eve xxviii. 388 To..display the two splodges of red sealing-wax. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). splodgev. 1. intransitive. To trudge or plod splashily through mud or water. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > going on foot > go on foot [verb (intransitive)] > through liquid or mud wadec1220 waselc1394 ford1675 slunk1728 slop1783 plodge1787 spatter1806 slutch1821 slumper1829 squelch1849 slush1853 splodge1896 1896 A. Whitehead Legends of Westmorland (new ed.) 56 (E.D.D.) Away he splodg'd in pensive mood, Towards the temple in the wood. 1899 F. V. Kirby Sport E. Central Afr. ix. 106 As I had braved the first [muddy channel] and got wet through, I ‘splodged’ through them all in succession. 2. Used adverbially: With a heavy splash. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [adverb] > splash swashly1582 switter-swatter1694 splash1795 plash1825 plashingly1881 splodge1898 plashily1926 splacka1960 the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [adverb] > with a splash > heavy splodge1898 1898 H. Kirke 25 Years Brit. Guiana 180 I had hardly spoken when splodge! splodge! came the rain in my face. Derivatives ˈsplodger n. See quot. 1860. ΚΠ 1860 Slang Dict. 224 Splodger, a lout, an awkward countryman. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1854v.1860 |
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